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WHITEBOARDS from class


(gallery of all whiteboards)

(whiteboards + other information by date)

04/09/2024


04/02/2024


03/19/2024

03/12/2024




03/05/2024

The Good Doctor 
Luxx, Hudson, Eli

Titus Andronicus
 Sofia, Sean, Eli

THP Senior Project Campaign
Sarah, Dany, Sean

MFA
Julia, Molly, Dany, Eli

Photo
Sofia, Molly, Luxx, Sarah

BFA ( “Joyride” initial sketch)
Sofia, Julia, Sarah

02/27/2024

Updated Groups


THP Senior Project Campaign
Dany, Sarah, Sean

MFA Catalog
 Julia, Dany, Molly

Photography is...
Sofia, Sean, Luxx, Sarah, Molly

The Good Doctor
Hudson, Eli, Luxx


02/20/2024 

(winter break)

02/13/2024 

(no in-person class due to weather)

02/06/2024

Current Groups
  • Angels in America
    (finishing this week)
    • Eli
    • Dany
    • Molly

  • Luna Gale
    • Sean
    • Julia
    • Sofia

  • Intimate Apparel 
    • Hudson
    • Sarah
    • Luxx

  • THP Senior Project Campaign
    • Dany
    • Sarah
    • Sean

  • Presence (sculpture show)
    • Molly
    • Sofia
    • Eli
    • Julia

  • MFA Catalog
    • Everyone

  • Photography is...
    • Everyone


01/30/2024



01/23/2024


Initial Groups for Theatre Projects
  • Angels in America
    • Eli Bubb 
    • Daniela Jimenez 
    • Molly McGarvey 
  • Intimate Apparel
    • Hudson Bucci 
    • Sarah Koenig
    • Luxx 
  • Luna Gale
    • Julia Ettkin
    • Sofia Leal 
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Spring 2024 ︎︎︎ Purchase College, SUNY ︎︎︎ DES4100

Project:
what’s on top of the deck?


“A hand with a Magic: The Gathering card in a colorful room. In the style of B-Robo Kabutack or Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack. Shot on film from the 1990's” on RunwayML

Background

Magic: The Gathering and many card games are based on variance; or the semi-random nature of how the cards are arranged in your deck. This leads to many unfortunate or frustrating circumstances, but also ones that are incredibly exciting:



As such, I’m instituting a new policy to help me call on folks randomly where I draw from a deck of cards you create.

This is 1 week “icebreaker” project. There are no real restrictions on this one so use this as an opportunity to show your style, what you got, etc. as latter assignments will feature significantly more restrictions. All you have to do is create a card which I can randomly pick when I need to call on folks.

Objective(s)

    • Create a card which can be printed and used when I need to call on folks randomly.
    • Help me have something to connect to your name in order to help me to memorize it.
    • Show your idiosyncratic style or approach.

Final submission

    • A .PNG or .JPG of a 2.5"︎ 3.5" image at 150DPI or 300DPI. This will be 375px ︎525px or 750px︎1050px respectively for reference. 

Requirements

Note that failure to meet these requirements will result in a 0 for this assignment. 
    • The card image must contain the following information.
      • Your name (and or preferred name, if applicable)
      • Your preferred pronouns.
      • The semester & year (ie Fall 2023)
      • The name or course number of the class

    • It does not need to be in English, but if uses letters not in the Latin alphabet (Cyrillic, Hangul, etc.) please provide one for pronunciation purposes. Please make it relatively readable.
    • The card image must contain some kind of other content: A drawing of an OC, a stylized self-portrait, a photo you like, a pattern, etc. You must create this content yourself (please at least manipulate an image; do not lazily copypasta something from Google Images).
    • Please print on a relatively thin piece of paper. Do not print on a thicker piece of cardstock or attempt to glue or adhere multiple pieces of paper together. I will be sleeving the cards with an actual Magic: the Gathering card for rigidity and want to preserve randomness as best as possible. That is to say, I don’t want to be able to tell whose card is whose without seeing the card itself.
    • If you have more than one class with me, create multiple cards.

Grading 

This assignment is pass/fail; meaning you will get 100/A+ if you simply follow the requirements above. You will lose points (10 points or one full letter grade), if it is uploaded late, and an additional 10 points per week it is late.

Considerations

    • The image must print out at the physical size listed above because I will be printing them out and putting them into a standard-sized card sleeve (ie the ones used for Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon). If for some reason you want to parody a Yugioh or Tarot card, that is fine but know they are typically different sizes.
    • Do you, don’t worry about me. Some people take a while to get a hold of this but show me what you’re into, what you want your work to look like, don’t try to anticipate my preference. Additionally my taste is quite bad ︎. 
    • If you are using photographs consider treating them; tastefully. People sometimes just add photographs without adjusting their contrast, adding a filter, collaging them, or something of that nature.  Here’s a couple of tutorials with different ways to stylize your images.



Relevant Dates

    • 01/23/2024 ︎︎︎Introduction!

    • 01/30/2024︎︎︎Review & Collection.


Examples


Liliana, Dreadhorde General (Japanese exclusive alternate art by Yoshitaka Amano) An early version of the Lovers Tarot card. Harmless Offering, a Magic: The Gathering card "Darkly Big Rabbi" a counterfeit version of Exodia, a Yugioh card. Jori En, Ruin Diver; a Magic: The Gathering card. Alonzo Morning 1993-1994 Topp's Finest basketball card A hanafuda card of a bush warbler.
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Spring 2024 ︎︎︎ SUNY Purchase ︎︎︎ (DES4100) Community Design

Project:
theatre conservatory

“A theatre curtain opening in a colorful room. In the style of B-Robo Kabutack or Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack. Shot on film from the 1990's” on RunwayML

Background

For the Theatre Conservatory, we’ll be creating several pieces of ephemera. This semester, I’d like increase the emphasis on the instagram and screen-based elements as avenues to concentrate some interest. The turn around for individual projects will be relatively quick, but I will also try to supplement pieces by giving more time for internal research within the class. 

Deliverables

  • 11”x17” complete and copy-edited poster in pdf format
  • 4:3 (w:h) image with NO TEXT or JUST TITLE in jpeg format for website
  • 16:9 (w:h) image in jpeg format for screens (see template)
  • square(s) for Instagram



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Presence (Sculpture Show)



Image made with the prompt “Very large contemporary, colorful, inflatable, sculpture in a gallery. It should fill the whole room. In the style of In the style of B-Robo Kabutack or Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack. Shot on film from the 1990's” in RunwayML

Introduction

This show will be Nancy Bowen’s retirement show. It will feature the other work of female-identifying scupltors who have or currently teach at Purchase.

Ephemera we should seek to have 

    • Vinyl for the gallery
    • Pamphlet
    • Poster(s)
    • Map
    • We are of course open to more and discussed a zine and or motion graphics in class

Dates

The week of 02/27 we should have work complete for the opening on 02/28. We’ll need to look at work next week (02/20)